Impossibility of Determining the Electric Field Strength of Electromagnetic Wave. Correction of Energy Density Equation

Abstract

Mykhailo V. Bondarchuk

This article addresses and corrects a major misconception about the energy density of electromagnetic wave that has become prevalent in electromagnetic wave theory. The author derives and proves the correct formula for energy density based on principles of energy conservation and the corpuscular theory of radiation. The article also demonstrates the impossibility of determining the electric field strength of electromagnetic radiation without first determining the area of individual photons.

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